Ben Spies took a respectable seventh-place finish at the Mugello circuit ahead of Ducati's Aleix Espargaro and Honda's Marco Simoncelli.

Valentino Rossi gets back in the saddle at Misano aboard a Sterilgarda Yamaha World Superbike.

Repsol Honda's Andrea Dovizioso took his best result of the '10 season with his second-place finish at Silverstone.

Andrea Dovizioso (#4) leading ahead of De Puniet (#14) and Nicky Hayden (#69) at Silverstone.

Despite enjoying such a massive advantage in the title chase after Silverstone, Lorenzo is refusing to get too carried away with talk of becoming only the second Spaniard in history to lift the MotoGP crown.

Tech 3 Yamaha's Colin Edwards finished inside the top-10 at Silverstone where he took ninth just behind Honda's Dani Pedrosa.

Jorge Lorenzo (#99) took win number three at Silverstone after decimating the competition.

Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa was able to rebound after a poor showing at Silverstone to take second-place behind Lorenzo at Assen.

Pedrosa's teammate Andrea Dovizioso finished fifth at the Dutch GP.

By taking his second win of the 2010 season at Assen, Andrea Iannone is now fourth in the championship behind Thomas Luthi.

Fimmco Speed Up's Andrea Iannone took his second win of the 2010 season at Assen.

With his win at Assen, Jorge Lorenzo has become only the seventh person to take wins in each class at the historic Dutch circuit.

Lorenzo claimed win four of six - 2010 Assen TT.

Jorge Lorenzo managed to stay cool at Catalunya and eventually flew over the line 4.754 seconds ahead of Pedrosa, with Stoner third.

Starting from pole position, Lorenzo lost ground to Dani Pedrosa into Turn 1 but his fellow Spaniard then ran wide, leaving the Fiat Yamaha man in the lead at Catalunya.

Early on Lap 4 at Catalunya the Italian Dovizioso briefly got his nose in front of Lorenzo, but the Spaniard soon got back by him to lead once again.

After Catalunya Lorenzo now has an impressive 52-point lead in the championship standings ahead of Pedrosa.

Jorge Lorenzo's win at Catalunya respresents his fifth win of the 2010 season and is his third in a row.

At the start of the Moto2 event at Catalunya a huge pileup occurred at Turn 1 and included Technomag CIP’s Shoya Tomizawa and Tenerife 40 Pons’ Sergio Gadea amongst many others.

Ducati's Casey Stoner (#27) and Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa (#26) were involved in a heated battle for second that resulted with Stoner taking third and Pedrosa taking second at Catalunya.

Ben Spies (#11) and Loris Capirossi (#65) both had decent results at Catalunya where they finished sixth and seventh, respectively.

Randy de Puniet had a crash on Lap 9 of the race at Sachsenring which resulted in the contest being red flagged, and after being examined at a nearby clinic it was determined that he sustained fractures to his tibia and fibula of his left leg.

Nicky Hayden (#69) and Andrea Dovizioso (#4) at the Sachsenring circuit in Germany during Round 8 of the 2010 MotoGP Championship.

Jorge Lorenzo (#99) and Dani Pedrosa (#26) battled for the lead in both the original race as well as the restart at the Sachsenring circuit.

Alvaro Bautista (#65) was unable to make the restart at Sachsenring after having failed to return to the pits with his bike within five minutes of the red flag being waved.

Dani Pedrosa: “This victory in Germany is even better than the one in Italy because at Mugello I just went away in front and there was no battle with anybody, but here I was battling with Lorenzo in the first and second race, and finally beat him, so this is even more important.”

Casey Stoner (#27) became engaged in a battle with Valentino Rossi (#46) for third, a fight the Ducati man won thanks to an overtake on the final corner of the last lap at Sachsenring.

Andrea Dovizioso in action at Laguna Seca.

Jorge Lorenzo won Sunday's MotoGP race at Laguna Seca.

Jorge Lorenzo won Sunday's MotoGP race at Laguna Seca.

Jorge Lorenzo conquered the Laguna Seca MotoGP race this year.

Dani Pedrosa leads the field down through the Corkscrew in the MotoGP race at Laguna Seca.

Valentino Rossi: "We are really disappointed tonight because we had hoped to do a good race and I was confident that I could challenge at the front today. It seemed everything was right and yesterday we had a good pace but today we just weren't as fast and I couldn't stay with the leaders."

sixth-place in Round 10 at Brno.

Lorenzo took the win at Brno by a full 5.494 seconds ahead of Pedrosa.

Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo and Honda's Dani Pedrosa were involved in a terrific duel for the lead at Brno early in the race.

Round 10 of the 2010 MotoGP Championship at Brno.

Ben Spies (#11) fought to keep Casey Stoner (#27) at bay until the Australian relegated Spies to fourth position on Lap 9.

In the opening laps at Indy Pedrosa made things incredibly difficult on Lorenzo, who tried desperately but was unsuccessful at get around the Honda rider.

Jorge Lorenzo (#99) was able to easily make it around Nicky Hayden (#69) after the American's knee slider came loose in the early half of the race at Indianapolis.

Championship leader Toni Elias (#24) took his fifth win of the season ahead of Julian Simon and Scott Redding at Indy.

Ben Spies (#11) got an excellent start from pole position and led during the first few laps at Indy.

Pedrosa rode a consistent race out front to finish more than three and a half second ahead of Spies at Indy.

Valentino Rossi did well and took fourth-place at Indy despite crashing four times over the weekend.

Valentino Rossi may have had the lead at the very beginning of the contest, but Dani Pedrosa quickly flew by the Italian and led for almost the entire race at Misano.

Repsol Honda's Andrea Dovizioso took eighth on the timesheets in the first dry practice session at Aragon.

Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa had the fastet lap on Friday out of both practice sessions at Aragon.

Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa was in the running for pole position for much of the qualifying session but ran wide in the final minutes, allowing Stoner to snatch the faster lap - Aragon

Ben Spies: “I'm pretty happy to be on the second row again and I managed to put in some decent laps on the race tire that bodes well for tomorrow. I'm in that top-six battle where I need to be and I'm satisfied with that because I'm still in that fight for the top- three in the Championship." - Aragon

Yamaha's Valentino Rossi had a miserable race at Aragon where he finished sixth.

Casey Stoner successfully converted his pole position into a win at Aragon by more than five second ahead of Pedrosa.

Ducati's Casey Stoner (#27) getting an excellent start from pole position on the grid at Aragon.

Ducati's Nicky Hayden and Fiat Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo had an amazing battle which the American won for the final podium spot at Aragon.

Andrea Iannone took his third win of the '10 season in dominant fashion over Julian Simon and Gabor Talmacsi. - Aragon

After taking 12th in Friday's first practice session, LCR Honda's Randy de Puniet improved and took the seventh-best time in the books at Aragon.

Valentino Rossi: “Now we have to start from the third row and the start of the race will be very important because I have to try to improve my position and stay with the leaders." - Aragon

Casey Stoner: “This win is a big relief, to be honest! We had the first race in Qatar wrapped up until I made a mistake and their have been other opportunities to win this year that I have missed out on through my own errors.” - Aragon

Jorge Lorenzo will start off the front row for the first time in 2010 after taking fourth in Saturday's qualifying session at Motegi.

Valentino Rossi finished second in qualifying and was just 0.054 seconds off the pace of Andrea Dovizioso. - Motegi

Ben Spies: “I am actually really happy to be on the second row again because at the start of the session I was fighting a lot of stuff with the electronics. The chassis set-up is not so bad but some issues with the electronics made the bike really hard to ride. If we can figure out the electronics the bike will be a lot easier to ride, so having the feelings I'm having with the bike, I'm super happy to be in the top-six." - Motegi

Colin Edwards had his highest finish of the season at Motegi after he took fifth behind championship leader Jorge Lorenzo.

Casey Stoner: “This win feels great. I could have never imagined when I began my first season in Grand Prix at 16 years of age that I would reach this level and all I can say is that it is an honor to be alongside such great names." - Motegi

Toni Elias is one step closer to clenching the 2010 Moto 2 Championship after winning at Motegi ahead of Julian Simon.

Valentino Rossi (#46): "What a great race. Of course I would have preferred to be battling for the win, but anyway it was a great feeling, a real show and I want to congratulate Jorge because he was very strong and didn't give up!” - Motegi

Ducati's Casey Stoner (#27) had a good start and took the victory at Motegi by 3.868 seconds ahead of Andrea Dovizioso (#4).

Jorge Lorenzo celebrates his first career title - Sepang 2010

Ben Spies gathered one of his better finishes of the season, a solid fourth - Sepang 2010

Toni Elias celebrates the first ever Moto2 title - Sepang 2010

Jorge Lorenzo - Sepang 2010

Lorenzo on the start grid, awaiting his meet his GP history - Sepang 2010

After leading, Lorenzo dropped to third, finishing his title run on the rostrum - Sepang 2010

Jorge Lorenzo parlayed a pole position start into the early lead - Sepang 2010

Rossi on the gas at Sepang 2010.

Rossi celebrates victory - Sepang 2010

Casey Stoner's day ended too soon, with a Lap 1 DNF - Sepang 2010

Alex de Angelis claimed his first Moto 2 victory at Phillip Island ahead of Scott Redding and Andrea Iannone.

Andrea Iannone placed third in Australia and is trailing Julian Simon by only two points in the championship.

Jorge Lorenzo: “I tried my best, riding as hard as I could at the start and occasionally it seemed like I was closing a little bit, but then on the next lap Casey would extend his lead again by a few tenths. I kept trying but I didn't have much hope and half way through I decided it was better not to take risks." - Phillip Island

Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa will not be racing at Phillip Island due to his injuries and a lack of endurance.

Casey Stoner led a start to finish victory in Australia to take his third win of the 2010 season.

Nicky Hayden: "We know the Ducati works well in the rain because the engine management system is good and that gives us a lot of control. Lately I've been quite fast in wet conditions but it takes me too long to get there. If it's a wet race on Sunday and I'm going to be competitive then we need to be fast from the start so that's an area we need to work on if it rains again tomorrow.” - Estoril

Ducati's Casey Stoner will begin the final race of the season from the front row after posting the fastest time in qualifying.

Rookie Marco Simoncelli (#58) ended the final contest of the season in sixth after losing a battle with Andrea Dovizioso (#4).

Jorge Lorenzo made it two in a row by winning the final race of 2010 at Valencia ahead of Casey Stoner and Valentino Rossi.

Jorge Lorenzo: "Thanks to Yamaha and everyone involved for a fantastic season - now we have time to celebrate tonight before we start working for 2011 on Tuesday. Finally I want to say goodbye and good luck to Valentino - I am looking forward to racing him next year!" - Valencia

Valentino Rossi (#46) and Jorge Lorenzo (#99) had a brief battle in the beginning of the contest before Lorenzo made the pass. - Valencia

Stoner (#27) led for much of the race at Valencia but couldn't withstand pressure from Lorenzo.

Pramac Racing's Aleix Espargaro

Rookie Alvaro Bautista opened some eyes on the Rizla Suzuki, ending the practice session not far behind Spies in seventh.

Rizla Suzuki Alvaro Bautista is using a same specification bike as was raced the previous weekend during testing at Valencia eventually posting a lap-time of 1:34.540.

Andrea Dovizioso high-sided his new RC212V during Day 2 testing at Valencia. The Italian was not seriously injured.

Team San Carlo Honda Gresini - Marco Simoncelli and Marco Melandri

Valentino Rossi - Sepang Test Day 2

Nicky Hayden drastically improved his lap times during Day 2 in Sepang.

Dani Pedrosa: "I'm very surprised to learn how many people follow MotoGP in Indonesia. They are very passionate and really knowledgeable about the championship. It's a nice country, the people are very friendly and everybody tells me that I should come again to visit Bali!"

Dani Pedrosa: "It was really good fun to ride the 110cc Blade! Of course it has very little horsepower compared to my RC212V, but I think it's very good for the kids to start understanding how to ride a bike, to be familiar with the gears and the necessary riding style."

Alvaro Bautista was 12th overall on his Rizla Suzuki GSV-R on the Losail circuit.